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I’ve been feeling a little bloated and gurgly in my belly and tired in my mind and body in the last few days.

These are key symptoms of spleen qi deficiency in Chinese medicine. (The spleen, with the stomach, is the key organ of digestion and arguable the centre of your health).

When I woke up feeling heavy, tired and bloated today I went to my healing toolbox to encourage my body back to balance.

In todays toolbox 🧰 👇

1️⃣ Deep belly breaths - with one hand to my belly, one hand to my heart
2️⃣ Belly massage using soothing oils (see previous post on how to massage your belly)
3️⃣ Needles - I used the digestive diamond (as pictured) to soothe and nourish my digestion. This was paired with distal points in my wrists and ankles - distal points are thought to be even more powerful that local points.
4️⃣ Rest - I lay for 20 minutes to allow the needles to do the work, I lay down after teaching my classes. This is the space and time to give yourself as much rest as your body is asking for. The more you push your body when it’s in disharmony, the more it will push back.

Want to learn more? Join me on March 18th at oost for a two hour workshop using yoga and Chinese medicine tools to support your digestion.

More details in previous post, or send me a message.

Liefs, Lydia 😘

Some dreamy classes to join this weekend…

S A T U R D AY
15.00-16.30
🙋‍♀️ Yoga for Digestion
⁉️ Gentle flow to Yin // self massage // yoga nidra
📍 West

S U N D A Y
18.00-19.30
🙋‍♀️Radiant Rest
⁉️ Activating our rest state with yin poses, aromatherapy, self massage and nidra
📍 City

Sign up via classpass, onefit or with the studio

I hope to see you there, let’s make time to nourish our bodies xoxox

YOGA FOR DIGESTION

Do you resonate with feeling
🫃Bloated / gassy/ belly gurgles
🤰Limbs feeling heavy and swollen
🫄Overthinking, worrying, anxious

All of these symptoms suggest your stomach and spleen are in disharmony.. and boy have I been there.

Join me in this special 90 minute class where we will explore gentle movement (including qi gong), acupressure and massage, yin poses and more to support your digestion.

📍
SATURDAY 14th, 14.00-15.30

When we feel better, we live more.

Ps… can’t make this month? I will be hosting monthly pop ups and special deeper dive workshops are coming soon 👀

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